Performer: Matthew McDonald

An evocative account of Stravinsky's Firebird by Martín and the NSO though Barry's newly commissioned double bass concerto proved a damp squib. 

A series of three concerts over the course of one weekend, designed to reflect upon and champion the work of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, which has supported a significant number of worthy performers in its first ten years, was always going to present an interesting range of repertoire – if not something of a conundrum for those planning the programming of the concerts.